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{{Short description|Festival in Nigeria by the Yorubas}}
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{{Short description|Festival in Nigeria by the Yorubas}}
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| name = Eyo Festival
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| nickname = Adamu Orisha Play
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| image = Eyo Olokun.jpg
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| status = Active
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| genre = Festival
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| begins = 1780
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| location = Lagos State
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| country = Nigeria
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[[File:CrouchingEyo.jpg|thumb|upright|Eyo Bajulaiye Ineso masquerade in a residential area of Lagos near the [[Tafawa Balewa Square]].]]The ”’Eyo Festival”’, otherwise known as the ”’Adamu Orisha Play”’,<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web|date=2017-06-02|title=Eyo festival: History and features|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/eyo-festival-history-features/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}</ref> is a [[Yoruba culture|Yoruba]] festival unique to [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]] and has a strong historical footing in [[Iperu, Ogun State|Iperu-Remo]], a town in Ikenne Local Government, Ogun State.<ref name=”online”>{{cite web|title=Nigerian Festivals|url=http://www.onlinenigeria.com/festivals/|work=OnlineNigeria.com|access-date=24 November 2011}}</ref> In modern times, it is presented by the people of [[Lagos]] as a tourist event.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lagos Carnival|url=http://www.lagoscarnival.com/home.html|work=Lagos Carnival Website|publisher=Lagos State Government|access-date=24 November 2011|archive-date=6 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206065943/http://www.lagoscarnival.com/home.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Due to the history of its development, it is traditionally performed on [[Lagos Island]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Victoria |first=Akinola |date=2022-01-30 |title=Eyo festival of the Isale Eko indigenes |url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/eyo-festival-of-the-isale-eko-indigenes/qftvzl7 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}</ref> A notable festival date was in 2000 commemorating [[Justice (title)|Justice]] [[G.B.A. Coker]], a [[Lagos]] high [[Nigerian Chieftaincy|chief]], the Olori Adimu and the Olori Eyo of the Adimu Eyo cultural masquerade.
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[[File:CrouchingEyo.jpg|thumb|upright|Eyo Bajulaiye Ineso masquerade in a residential area of Lagos near the [[Tafawa Balewa Square]].]]The ”’Eyo Festival”’, otherwise known as the ”’Adamu Orisha Play”’,<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web|date=2017-06-02|title=Eyo festival: History and features|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/eyo-festival-history-features/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}</ref> is a [[Yoruba culture|Yoruba]] festival unique to [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]] and has a strong historical footing in [[Iperu, Ogun State|Iperu-Remo]], a town in Ikenne Local Government, Ogun State.<ref name=”online”>{{cite web|title=Nigerian Festivals|url=http://www.onlinenigeria.com/festivals/|work=OnlineNigeria.com|access-date=24 November 2011}}</ref> In modern times, it is presented by the people of [[Lagos]] as a tourist event.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lagos Carnival|url=http://www.lagoscarnival.com/home.html|work=Lagos Carnival Website|publisher=Lagos State Government|access-date=24 November 2011|archive-date=6 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206065943/http://www.lagoscarnival.com/home.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Due to the history of its development, it is traditionally performed on [[Lagos Island]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Victoria |first=Akinola |date=2022-01-30 |title=Eyo festival of the Isale Eko indigenes |url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/eyo-festival-of-the-isale-eko-indigenes/qftvzl7 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}</ref> A notable festival date was in 2000 commemorating [[Justice (title)|Justice]] [[G.B.A. Coker]], a [[Lagos]] high [[Nigerian Chieftaincy|chief]], the Olori Adimu and the Olori Eyo of the Adimu Eyo cultural masquerade.
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